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Patented May 3,1881.

L. D. GOODWIN. Butter Tub.

(Model.)

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LOUIS D. GOODWIN, OF SWEETSBURG, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BUTTER-TU B.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,999, dated May 3, 1881.

Application tiled February 1, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, LOUIS D. GOODWIN, ot` Swectsburg, in the county ot' Missisquoi, Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and uset'ul lm provemcnts on Butter- Tubs, of which the following` is a specification.

The invention consists in the formation ota recessed seat at the top ot' the tub by placing the top hoop so that it projects about threeeighths (g) ot'an inch above it. Into this recess a cover composed Ot' two thicknesses ot' aboutthree-eighths (Fg) ot' an inch wood, placed crosswise, glued, nailed, screwed, or tacked lirmly together, is so titted that the lower thickness iills the recess andthe upper thickness projects over the top edge. ot' the hoop, thus having a double bearing. Spring hooks or catches are placed on the recessed seat, and staples to match are placed iu semicircular recesses cut'in the edge ot' lower thickness ot' cover, in such a manner that when the cover is turned to the right it is securely fastened, and when turned to the let't it is opened.

The object ot' this invention is to furnish an improved buttertub which shall be so con structed that it can be firmly, tightly, and almost instantaneously closed by simply giving the cover a qtutrtcr-turn to the right.

Figurel 1 is a perspective view ot' my iniproved butter-tub with the cover raised Fig. 2 is a sectional view ot' a portion ot' the cover. Fig. 3 is a sectional view otl a portion ot' the tub and cover. Fig. 4 is a view ot' aportion ot" the cover, showing the lower side thereof 5 `and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofthe fastening devices detached.

A is a butter-tub, the top edge ot' which is made square.

O O are hoops, which are driven ou from the bottom, and which are placed at equal distances ou the tub A. rlhe top hoop is so placed that about three-eighths (5g) ot' an inch ot' it projects above the top edge ot' the tub, forming with it the recessed seat D for the reception oi? cover D, which is constructed of two thicknesses ot' labout three eighths inch lumber, with the gzrain placed crosswise, and firmly secured together, as aforesaid, in such a manner that the lower thickness tits accurately7 into the recessed seat' B and the upper thickness projects over the top edge ot' top hoop, C.

Two or more spring catches or hooks, E, are placed diametrically opposite each other in the recessed seat B, with their points aised to nearly the top ot' the upper hoop, O. These catches or hooks are made of spring-wire, either brass or steel, and they maybe galvanized, tinned, nickeled, or plated, and ot' the shape shownin Fig.3. Theinnerofthetree ends ot' catch or hook is driven into the top edge ot' the tub A, and thc outer or longer end is driven between the outer edge ot th'e tub A and the top hoop, C, and turned up or clinched over the said hoop (l.

Semicircular recesses F F, Figs. l, 3, and 4, are formed in the edge ot' lower hall' ot' cover l), i'or the reception oi` staples G- tr, in such a inanner thatwhen the points ot' the springcatches E have passed through the staples (l, which are driven in rather more than iiush with thelower surface ot' cover, they are forced down ward and outward by the l wo inclined planes l'ornied by the aforesaid semicircular recesses F F, thus drawing the lower surface of the cover D tightly down upon the top edge ot' the tub A, and the liange formed by the upper thickness ot' cover D upon the top edge ot' the top hoop, (l. Thumb and tinger holes are formed through thc upper thickness ot' the cover Dat H Il, by means ot which the necessary rotary motion to 'tasten and unfasten is obtained. Small holes are formed through both thicknesses ot' the cover D and in the top edge ofthe tub A, directly underneath the spring-catches at l, to admit ot' a wire, screw, nail, or pin passing through the spring-catch E, securely locking the tub 'for transit to long distances.

Having thus described my invention, lclailu as newand desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, in a butter-tub, ot' the recessed seat. ,l with the spring catches or hooks E and the staples G (lr, placed in the seniicircular recesses F F oi'l the cover. and the locking device, passing through a hole in the cover and into a recess in the tub, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the tub A and the raised hoop, formingl` a seat, B, at the top edge ot' the tub, ot' the cover D, provided with iin ger-holes Il, the staples G,secured in recesses formed in the inside ot' the cover, and the hooks adapted to enga-ge said staples, substantially as specilied.

y LOUIS D. lOODWlN.

Witnesses z EDWIN KEMP, J. E. MILLAR.

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